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Student Brings Gun onto IHS Campus: District Says Failure to Communicate Due to Misunderstanding

By RACHEL Z.

A student with a holstered gun under his shirt was seen in the IHS parking lot at approximately 3:10 p.m. on Tuesday, September 18. The school called the Ithaca Police Department (IPD), but the suspected student had left campus in a car by the time police arrived. School officials considered, and decided against, a lockdown. The police officers remained on campus through dismissal. IHS cooperated with the IPD’s efforts and also carried out a school-level investigation into the incident. A restraining order was later issued barring the student from campus.

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